Periods of Excess Energy in Extreme Weather Events

<table>A 3-hour moving average of wind speed and the reconstructed atmospheric tidal wave around the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, LA.  The vertical line represents the landfall of Hurricane Katrina.  The horizontal scale is time in August 2005 with points at midnight UTC.</table>

Journal of Climatology

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Figure 5: Periods of Excess Energy in Extreme Weather Events 